- Aug 1 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
Radio Premiere
Aug 1 Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
- Aug 2 Raymond Acevedo (16) retires from pop singing boy band Menudo
- Aug 2 System Enhancement Association settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)
- Aug 3 David "Skip" Storch (37) swims 152.9 miles (246 km) of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
- Aug 4 21st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Omni Hotel
- Aug 4 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
- Aug 4 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
- Aug 5 American politician Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns his seat
- Aug 5 Thoroughbred trainer Dale Baird wins his 5,000th career race with Stuffed Johnnie at Mountaineer Park; second to reach milestone behind Jack Van Berg
- Aug 6 Rich Gossage becomes the second player in MLB history to record 300 career saves as Cubs beat Phillies, 7-4
- Aug 6 The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7
- Aug 7 Future Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye wins his 4,000th career race aboard 2-year-old filly Fawn and Hahn in the 4th race at Del Mar
- Aug 7 Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
- Aug 7 Writers guild ends its 6 months strike
- Aug 8 -11] Army in Rangoon, Myanmar fires on pro-democracy students, killing thousands during the "8888 Uprising"
- Aug 8 Angola, Cuba and South Africa agree to a ceasefire in the Angolan Civil War
- Aug 8 Ceasefire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
- Aug 8 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
- Aug 8 Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced
- Aug 8 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
- Aug 8 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
- Aug 8 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year in 6-2 win over Cleveland
- Aug 8 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years (New York City)
- Aug 8 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 years of war
- Aug 8 Temperature hits high of 88 deg F on 8/8/88 in NYC
Assassination Attempt
Aug 8 US Secretary of State George P. Shultz narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Bolivia
US Senior Golf Open
Aug 8 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 2 strokes over New Zealander Bob Charles in an 18-hole playoff; his second straight US Senior title
- Aug 9 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
NHL Trade
Aug 9 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
- Aug 9 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
Theater Premiere
Aug 10 Alan Ayckbourn's play "Man of the Moment" premieres at Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough
World Record
Aug 10 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
- Aug 10 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
- Aug 10 UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
Sports History
Aug 11 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR
Meeting of Interest
Aug 11 Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting between Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan
- Aug 11 Charlotte Colisieum in Charlotte NC opens
- Aug 11 Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
- Aug 12 Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
- Aug 12 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
Event of Interest
Aug 12 Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital
- Aug 12 Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General
- Aug 13 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
- Aug 13 Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit opens
- Aug 13 Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
- Aug 13 US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- Aug 14 Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24
- Aug 14 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jeff Sluman wins his only major title by 3 shots from Paul Azinger
- Aug 15 At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts
- Aug 15 NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
Ain't Misbehavin'
Aug 15 Revival of musical revue "Ain't Misbehavin'", highlighting songs of Fats Waller, opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 176 performances
- Aug 16 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
- Aug 16 NYC Mayor Ed Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
- Aug 17 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
- Aug 17 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
- Aug 17 NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy)
- Aug 17 Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
- Aug 17 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Aug 17 US Republicans nominate George H. W. Bush for President
- Aug 18 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
- Aug 18 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
- Aug 18 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket
- Aug 19 Iran and Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
- Aug 19 Maung Maung succeeds General Sein Lwin as the 7th President of Burma
Sports History
Aug 19 NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFleur out of retirement
- Aug 20 "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
- Aug 20 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
- Aug 20 Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
- Aug 20 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
- Aug 22 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
- Aug 22 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
- Aug 22 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sports History
Aug 23 Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem, NYC
- Aug 25 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
- Aug 25 Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
- Aug 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-214
- Aug 25 Serious fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
- Aug 26 Iranian refugee Mehran Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy-en-France, France, stays for almost 8 years
Sports History
Aug 27 Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2
- Aug 28 40th Emmy Awards: Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years & Richard Kiley win
- Aug 28 70 killed in crash of three Italian air force fighters at air show at Ramstein, Germany
- Aug 28 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
- Aug 29 45th Venice Film Festival: "The Legend of the Holy Drinker" directed by Ermanno Olmi wins Golden Lion
- Aug 29 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets a Guinness record for tap dancing
- Aug 29 USSR launches Soyuz TM-6 including Valery Polyakav, Vladimir Lyakhov and first Afghan cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand to station Mir
- Aug 30 France performs nuclear test
- Aug 30 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
- Aug 31 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
- Aug 31 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
- Aug 31 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
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